What to do if MySQL keeps crashing
What to do if MySQL keeps crashing [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/crashing.html]…
The Browser and Offline Web Apps
When Firefox [http://www.getfirefox.com] 3.0 is released later this year, the open-source browser is likely to support an interesting new feature called offline web applications. This will be a significant move because you’ll be able to use your web apps (like Gmail, your online calendar, an…
Online Income Guaranteed in 3 Steps
There are numerous articles on how to go about earning revenue from your web site or blog. There are several online services and programs that let you monetize from your web site or blog, but for a self-starter it is often hard to make the right choice. So I’ve…
Bye Pod? Recover Stolen Devices
Here’s a clever service I stumbled upon during my morning browse. Gadget Theft [http://protect.gadgettheft.com/] have setup an online service where you simply register your device (iPods, USB Flash Drives, Digital Cameras and others), and install their agent files in the root of your device. If your…
Global Broadband Speed Test
I must confess, the quality of consumer broadband here in India is not at all comparable to global standards. With a massive IT, BPO and backoffice technology infrastructure; a household consumer would expect to have a decent internet connectivity. But the average speed-to-cost ratio is unacceptable. Speedtest.net [http://speedtest.…
If they were Gzipped, everyone will save bandwidth
What’s common among these websites: Digg, MSN, Orkut, Reddit, Wikipedia, eBay, Blogger and Flickr. Besides being some of the most popular [http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&lang=none], they are also prone to the excessive bandwidth consumption. And believe it or not,…
25 startups to watch
It’s getting crowded on the Web 2.0 frontier, but there are still some startups that truly stand out. Business 2.0 Magazine identifies the ones most likely to strike gold in 2007. Checkout these 25 startups [http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0702/gallery.nextnet.biz2/]. For…
The Future of Online Games
The digital games industry is booming. It’s expected that the video game market will reach $42-44 bln by 2011 [http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P7488]. It’s also being said that 89% of casual gamers are 30+ years old [http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P7790]…